EastEnders legend June Brown was “absolutely delighted” by a portrait created entirely with dots to celebrate her 90th birthday.

Pretty appropriate for a woman whose most famous character is Dot Branning!

Viewers on Wednesday night’s episode of The One Show saw artist Nikki Douthwaite creating a portrait of June using nothing but thousands of tiny paper dots.

She specialises in creating big portraits using the intricate style of art, and has pasted more than six million dots on canvas throughout her career.

June was thrilled with the portrait! (Image: BBC)

The portrait was created with thousands of paper dots (Image: BBC)

June's most famous character is EastEnders' Dot (Image: BBC)

Artist Nikki explaining on The One Show how she made the portrait (Image: BBC)

And on Thursday night’s episode, the show revealed June had been given the portrait and was “absolutely delighted” with how it turned out.

June's milestone 90th birthday will be marked on Thursday night with a special BBC One show, airing from 8.30pm.

The half-hour programme will look at June’s life and career, including her marathon 30-year run on EastEnders, having played the matriarch since 1985.

Viewers will see how June first landed the role, her early days in Walford, past tiffs with a fellow cast member, and how she managed to grow and develop the chain-smoking character into the icon that is Dot Branning today.